Corporate Paralegal

About the Opportunity

• A rapidly expanding holding company with many business entities is adding a paralegal to its small legal team
• You will support the Head of Legal and collaborate regularly with senior executives
• The work is varied, and you will be learning new subject areas often

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain entity documentation as new companies launch, merge, and restructure to support a business that operates across many industries
• Keep resolutions, consents, authority delegations, and the organizational chart accurate across multiple jurisdictions while the business changes weekly
• Prepare and track contracts between related companies as new ventures and revenue streams take shape
• Support multiple acquisitions, partnerships, and investments at once, including closing sets, binders, and tracking post signing obligations
• Turn out confidentiality agreements, customer contracts, and similar paperwork quickly from templates, including agreements tied to educational programs, events, and partner relationships, and help improve those templates as volume grows
• Be the quick answer for who can approve and sign, so teams launching new offerings and deals are never waiting on legal
• Manage a large, shifting list of matters, keep internal clients informed, and escalate the most urgent items to the Head of Legal
• Create organized systems and processes that scale with the business instead of relying on manual work

Qualifications

• Paralegal degree or certificate required, bachelor’s degree preferred
• 5 to 10 years in a corporate legal setting, either at a law firm or within a company legal department
• Practical experience managing governance for domestic and foreign affiliated entities
• Highly organized, deadline driven, and able to adjust when priorities shift
• Motivated self starter who is service minded and curious
• Skilled at turning legal concepts into plain, actionable guidance

Work Environment

• Fully onsite
• Primarily seated, computer based work